“…we will also live with Him…” Oh my goodness, what a glorious gift! To reside IN HIS PRESENCE forever! In a place where no sin, no sorrow, no pain, no grief exists. Being dead to self means being alive in Christ, and that aliveness (is that a word?) extends beyond this world into eternity. “This world is not my home, I’m just a-passing through…” This world is temporal, but while I’m here on this broken planet, let me live my life in such a way it points others to Him.
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